Walkable Cities Are Actually Swag...

The big friggin' appleWent to NYC to visit a friend. This is the friend I went to Japan with - I love him very much. I'd never been to his place though. I never made it over there because I found excuses to not go, and refused to live life to its fullest for whatever gay reason... Unfortunately, New York City is fantastic. I've never seen a place like it. Not even the hyper-modern cities in Japan are like NYC. Nobody there's afraid to go outside. Not once did I feel like a weirdo for just using a sidewalk, or riding a bike in traffic. It's normal there. I'm from west-coast american sprawl. Over here, working age adults do not use the sidewalk. We use our cars. The sidewalk is for 5am jogging, teenagers on electric dirt bikes, and the poor and desperate who cannot afford their own car. We drive to the gym for walking. We drive to the store for eating. We drive to the bar for social outings every few months, and flip a coin to see who should operate the cold-unfeeling-machine whilst…